This late-period Duke Ellington album is perhaps most notable for including altoist Johnny Hodges' final recordings. In fact, Hodges was supposed to record his first soprano solo in nearly 30 years on "Portrait of Sidney Bechet," but he passed away before the second session. The set consists of the five-song "New Orleans Suite" plus tributes to Wellman Braud, Bechet (tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves took Hodges' place as its soloist), Louis Armstrong (a feature for trumpeter Cootie Williams), and Mahalia Jackson. Interesting if not essential music with a few memorable themes being the main reason to acquire this release.
crash, i never met you, but i feel like i know you. i knew we were kindred spirits when you blogged about your excitement for the new bad brains record. i was excited too. you, nine_six and i shared a laugh over some benny hill videos. it reminded me of a better time in my life. the thing this community has taught me is that we all have things in common no matter where or who we are. most...
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...If you’ve relegated Duke Ellington’s body of work to your Ken Burns incidental music file and consider his contributions to jazz to be a relic like, say, the Rosetta Stone, to be acknowledged as important but now rendered useless to the language because the lexicon has moved past wherever it was previously—if you park your car in that garage, then I’d suggest you pick up a copy of New O
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crash, i never met you, but i feel like i know you. i knew we were kindred spirits when you blogged about your excitement for the new bad brains record. i was excited too. you, nine_six and i shared a laugh over some benny hill videos. it reminded me of a better time in my life. the thing this community has taught me is that we all have things in common no matter where or who we are. most...
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